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I have found a reference that Edward Teal fought to get paid for a slave that Doublehead took from him.
Can anyone help?
Ok, I have found it.
It was in Governor Sevier’s papers in TN. I think Col. Meigs reported it…Doublehead also went by Tsaltuska(sp?), which meant the same thing, only in Cherokee.
I checked “Passports of Southeastern Pioneers” by Dorothy Potter, and found several disputes over slaves that involved Doublehead not giving them back but none referenced Edward Teal or any Teal.
Cherokee owned slaves, too, so the implication as I see it, is that this would not have been a case of freeing a slave, but there’s nothing I found about this particular Teal dispute one way or another.
Bill
Thanks Bill. I will keep looking.
I was surprised to hear that a Teal would have owned a slave to begin with. I never expected to find any that were wealthy enough to own a slave. Not to mention as far back as I can find they were all sweet people, not the kind to own a slave.
Here it is:
http://www.tennessee.gov/tsla/history/govpapers/letters/letter09.pdf
(about 3/4 of the way down the page or just do a CONTROL F and search for TEALE)
Meigs, Return (Colonel)
1803 Knoxville, TN
Outgoing Letter
States that a Cherokee chief,
Double Head has a slave that
belongs to Edward Teale and
desires that the slave be returned
or compensation made
You might be interested in
http://www.zianet.com/blove/Our%20Chisholm%20Legacy/Chronology.html
This is a pretty big file relating to John Chisholm, who was an advisor at times to Doublehead. If you go to the link, you have to scan down about 40 years of other stuff before arriving at the 1803 correspondence about Edward Teale’s slave. (This is, of course, Cherokee business; but this is where you asked, so this is where I answered.)
October 12, 1803
In a letter to Governor John Sevier, Agent Return J. Meigs reports on a Negro conveyed by bill of sale from John Chisholm to his son James Chisholm who let his brother Ignatius Chisholm in turn place the Negroe in the hands of Chief Doublehead until a certain sum of money was paid to Doublehead by James Chisholm. Meanwhile, James Chisholm has not only paid the money owed to Doublehead, but has also conveyed the Negroe to a Mr. Edward Teale. The agent states that the paperwork of Mr. Teale is in order and that the Negroe should be released by Doublehead to Mr. Teale.
Thanks for the link.
I sent off a snail mail request for a copy of the microfilm.
It may be Cherokee business, but my mom has always said that we were descendants of Doublehead because of his supposed connection to the Riddles. I found this to be untrue (at least for my branch of Riddles). So it was really interesting to find Doublehead causing trouble for another branch of my family totally removed from the Riddles. 🙂
I got a copy of the letter last night.
It’s pretty neat to see your ancestor being mentioned in a letter to the Governor of Tennesse. 😀
Those Chisholm’s are in my family line. Maybe you can help put some pieces together. I have William Chisholm Sr. born ca 1706 in King William Co., VA, son of John Chisholm 1681 and Elizabeth Bradley. William married Deborah Cooke b ca 1710, daughter of John Cooke and Amy ?. They are the parents of Capt. John D. Chisholm who is the father of Ignatius Chisholm according to Stan Hoag and ? Pangburn.
Here’s a Quote from Pangburn’s book regarding John D. Chisholm.
“His father was of Scottish descent and his mother a full-blood cherokee”. He says that this is true even though John D. is listed as a white man.
William and Deborah Cooke Chisholm inherited land close to Charlston, SC from Deborah’s father, John Cooke. William died in SC. Hoag says that John D.’s lifestyle is the same as that of his father William who is in and out of court charged with assault, failure to pay, etc. William is also believed to be the father of John by Holcomb. John D. mentions going to Indian Territory in SC.
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